The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-17
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

BillS were introduced Us louOMS'
BY Harrison: TO require railroad COM
panies to give employees notice before the
discharge or reduction of wages OF EN-
ployes: to require employees to give notice
of int ended strikes to the railroad COM
pani,s: also bill to protect personal
property. intended to provide for such cases
as the existing statutes. do not include. 1t
prevents "killing" railway engines, stop'
ping or interfering with trains.
Bv Burgess: To authorize the issue OF
bridge bonds and validating same already
issusd by counties.
BY Gregg: To provide Tor the record of en-
ecutions under which lands have been sold.
BY Mcdonald: TO prevent impairing the
value and efficacy of mortgages and other
contract liens by death; object is to remove
one of the greatest hazards in making
loans on real estate.
BY simpkins: TO provide for farmers CO.
operative stores.
The senate bill amending the law OF de-
scent-explained by Terrell as intended to
provide that'community property shall go
one-hali to the survivor and one-half to the
descendants of the deceased, instead OF chill
dren of deceased, ms the law now provides
passed ON the third reading.
The house legislative appropriation bills
passed under suspension of the rules.
HoUsE.-In the contest of Dennis VS..
Pope the papers in the case have been lost
in Harrison county.
Latimer: NJ mortal from citizens ofGregg
and williamson counties for scientific tenn
perance instruction in the schools.
Browning: To provide for the sale Of
school, university and asylum lands as OPP
posed to the lease system.
shi Ids: To prevent the obstruction of
streams in such manner ms to prevent the
free passage of stock along the banks.
McGaughey: Increasing penalties and
mapping the prohibition law more stringent
in its provision for the use of liquor for
medicinal purposes.
Stringer: For the better protection OF fish
in Texas streams.
Gresham: Amendments 20 the city char
ter of Galveston.
Davis. of Falls: Giving farm laborers
lien on the crops produced or harvested,
gathered or marketed, in whole or in part,
by their labor.
Rugel: To prevent the gift, sale or loan
of pistols or other deadly weapons to
minors.
Mcclure: Permitting conyicts not eX-
ceeding five years sentence TO be secured,
on application of county judges, to work
on county roads at no expense to county.
Hudgins: To make parties charged with
Grim. competent witnesses.
Rugel: Defining and fixing penalty for
the crime of teaching the doctrine of polyg-
amy.
Tate: Concurrent resolution to create
committee to visit the drouth district and
examine into the exact state of affairs.
Doan: 4 renewal of the bill offered in
the nineteenth legislature regulating the
banking system by requiring ALL save ma
tonal banks 10 make quarterly reports TO
the comptroller.
McGaughey: To establish department
of agriculture and have IL run in connection
with the agricultural school at Bryan
Ellison; To prescribe the venue in life
and Gre insurance companies cases.
rrcndergas,: 40 establish department.
of agriculture and labor, and provide for the
maintenance of the same
Various other bills were introduced to
amend the revised statutes in various par
ticuars.
Baird, Prohibition amendments to the
constitution.
Garwood: Amending the constitution TO
prohibit any person holding lucrative
Office under federal. state or foreign gey-
eminent of Texas, or saarlcd officers or al
torneys of railway or corporation. from be-
ing eligible TO the Legislature while the sal
AIRY continues.
VOORHEES,: Amending the suffrage act by
preventing mere declaration of intention
of citizenship from making qualified
elector.
McClannahan: Concurrent resolusion pro-
viding for joint committee to visit the
penitonilarios. Laid over.
Pendergast: A resolution that commits
lee be appointed TO esamine the comp
troller's and treasurer's offices, aud that IL
be instructed 20 consider what legislation,
If any, Is necessary TO revise the statutes so
that The duties Of the comptroller may be
declared in harmony with the nature Of his
Office.
The house and senate then went into joint
session for the purpose OF canvassing the
votes Tor governor and lieutenant governor.
The result Of this joint session, the work OF
which consumed several hours. showed IN {
the following was the total vote cast for
governor and Lieutenant governor at the
| last election: Ross 22s.1l6, Cochran G5,235.
Dohoney l9.lS6, SC ttering ! :; Lieutenant
Wheeler ~ $50. Mcdaniel &C.
56g. Mullcns 1893, scattering 1876.
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